The Constituency

H.Res. 988 · Congress

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2262) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2270) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude child and dependent care services and payments from the rate used to compute overtime compensation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2312) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition of the term ''tipped employee'', and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4366) to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

Introduced Jan 12, 2026 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

What does this mean?

This isn't a bill that changes any laws itself — it's a procedural resolution that sets the rules for how the House of Representatives will debate and vote on five separate bills. Those five bills deal with workplace issues: one lets retirement plan managers weigh factors beyond just financial returns when picking investments for people's retirement accounts; two others adjust how overtime pay is calculated, including excluding certain activities from counted work hours and excluding child-care benefits from the overtime pay formula; another changes who counts as a "tipped employee" under wage law; and the last one clarifies when two companies (like a franchise and its corporate parent, or a staffing agency and the business using it) can both be held legally responsible as an employer under labor and wage laws. This resolution itself doesn't decide any of those questions — it just schedules and structures the House floor debate so those bills can be voted on.

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Bill Lifecycle

Real action history from Congress.gov — where this bill is in the process, and every recorded step along the way.

Passed House

Jan 13, 2026

Full action history (11)

Jan 12, 2026Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 53.

Jan 12, 2026The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2988 under a structured rule, and H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270, H.R. 2312, and H.R. 4366 under a closed rule. The rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.

Jan 12, 2026The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 119-440, by Mrs. Fischbach.

Jan 13, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jan 13, 2026On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 214 - 207 (Roll no. 17). (text: CR H670-671)

Jan 13, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 214 - 207 (Roll no. 17).